Guard rails to retain an anchor rope pulley forwardly over a boat stem



Apnl 22, 1969 1.. PENNINGTON 3,439,644

GUARD RAILS TO RETAIN AN ANCHOR ROPE PULLEY FORWARDLY OVER A BOAT STEMFiled May 27,1968

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LEL AN D L. PENNINGTON fig FIGURE 4. A TTQR'NE United States Patent3,439,644 GUARD RAILS TO RETAIN AN ANCHOR ROPE PULLEY FORWARDLY OVER ABOAT STEM Leland L. Pennington, 2501 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kans.66102 Filed May 27, 1968, Ser. No. 732,370 Int. Cl. B63b 21/22 U.S. Cl.114-210 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates to an anchor rope guard for small boats, and moreparticularly to guiding and retaining an anchor rope on a pulley mountedforwardly and upwardly from a stem or foremost part of a boat.

Heretofore, small boats lacked a retaining position of an anchor ropeover the sides or ends of the boat after the anchor was cast to thebottom of the lake, river or sea.

Waves 0r winds of strong proportions can often capsize a boat by theresistance of the anchor on the soil at the bottom of a water body, anda rope pull over the side of the boat.

'If a person first threw an anchor over the foremost part of a boat andtied the anchor rope end portion on a cleat within the boat, the wind orwaves could turn the boat in the water and cause the rope to slide tothe side of a boat. In extreme cases a side pull can cause a boat tocapsize. Anchors rubbing or bouncing on the sides of boats can scuff anddamage the paint thereon.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION One object of the invention is to keep a boatpointed toward the winds and waves of a body of water while the anchorof the boat is anchored to the soil on the bottom of the water.

This object is satisfied as follows:

A pair of guard rails are spaced in parallelism and secured to the deckof a boat and located over and forwardly from the stem of a boat.

The pair of guard rails are inclined forwardly and upwardly from thestem of a boat. A pulley is mounted oh a horizontal shaft secured to andbetween the guard rails, and substantially spaced above and forwardlyfrom the stem of a boat to receive an anchor rope and hold an anchorfree from the side of a boat when in hoisted position.

The guard rails are extended a several times greater length portionabove the shaft of the pulley than the length portion of the guide railsbelow the shaft to the deck of the ship or boat.

The greater length of guide rails above the pulley and shaft retains theanchor rope on or above the pulley to prevent the anchor rope fromslipping to the side of a boat when the boat bounces from waves orwinds, espe daily when the front or nose of a boat dips into the water.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURE 1 is a view illustrating theforward part of a boat with the improved guard rails and pulley mountedabove and forwardly from the stem of a boat. The anchor rope is tied toa cleat and the anchor is hoisted free from the sides of the boat.

3,439,644 Patented Apr. 22, 1969 ice FIGURE 2 is a view illustrating asimilar view to FIGURE 1 with the exception the perspective view is moreof a forward position, and the cleat is not shown.

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of a small boat in a body of water andthe anchor on the bottom of the water. The anchor rope is tied to theanchor and leads upwardly inclined to the pulley mounted between theguide rails. The end portion of the rope is tied to a cleat.

FIGURE 4 is a view in perspective taken from the rear portion of a bowof a boat, illustrating the guide rails, pulley and rope.

FIGURE 5 is a view illustrating a lower portion of the guide rails withthe pulley mounted on a horizontal shaft spaced above the deck of a boatmounting plate.

The parallel portions of the guard rails 6 are spaced sufficiently toreceive a pulley 7 therebetween. The pulley 7 is mounted on a horizontalshaft 8 with the ends thereof secured to the guard rails 6. The forwardends of the guard rails 6 are secured to a boat deck 9 preferably bymeans of a plate 10.

The guard rails 6 are inclined forwardly and upwardly from the stem 11of a boat 12. The horizontal shaft 8 is located sufli'ciently abve thedeck 9 of the boat 12 to hold an anchor rope 13 forwardly on the pulley7 with the anchor 14 hanging free from the boat stem 11 and boat 12. Theguard rails 6 have a several times greater length portion above thehorizontal shaft 8 than the length portion thereof located below thehorizontal shaft 8 to the deck 9 of the boat 12.

The greater length portion of the guard rails 6 located above thehorizontal shaft 8 retains the anchor rope 13 between the guard rails 6when the forward end or bow of the boat 12 suddenly dips into the water16 and causes the rope 13 to rise above the pulley 7 for a moment ortwo.

The upper portions of the guard rails 6 curve upwardly and rearwardlywith a spread therebetween and decline with portions 15 to the sides ofthe deck 9 to form braces and act as side rails to the boat 12. The rearend portions of the guard rails 15 are secured to the sides of the deck9.

If an anchor is thrown over the side of a boat 12 and into the water 16for anchorage and a boat is power driven, the boat can be turned in thewater 16 to cause the anchor rope 13 to slide upward-1y on the declinedrear portions 15 of the guard rails 6 and fall into the entrance openingspace between the guard rails 6 and settle downwardly to the pulley 7.If a strong wind and wave, should later come upon the scene the boat 12then would be pointed into the wind by the pull on the rope 13 toprevent capsizing. The anchor rope 13 may be tied to the cleat 17.

I claim:

1. An anchor rope guard with an upper entrance for receiving anintermediate portion of an anchor rope and retain it on a pulley locatedat a lower level of the guard, the pulley being located upwardly andforwardly from a boat stem:

(a) a pair of guard rails spaced in parallelism;

(b) said pair of guard rails being inclined forwardly and upwardly froma boat stem;

(c) the lower end of said guard rails being securable to a boat;

(d) a shaft;

(e) said shaft being horizontal and having the end portions thereofsecured to said guard rails;

(f) said shaft being spaced substantially above the lower ends of saidguard rails;

(h) said pulley being mounted on said shaft between said pair of guardrails;

3 4 (i) and said guard rails having a several times greater ReferencesCited length portion above said shaft than the length por- UNITED STATESPATENTS tion from said shaft to the lower ends of said guard il3,147,731 9/1964 Stuart 114 21O 2. An anchor rope guard as claimed inclaim 1 and (j) said guard rails continuing with a curved flared 5TRYGVE MBuxpnmary Exammer' spacing upwardly and rearwardly spread toform a US. Cl. X.R.

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